In the back garden of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, under the starry sky, Lu Hua slowly shook the folding fan, and listened intently to the black-clothed man standing beside him whispering, after the black-clothed man finished reporting, he saw Lu Hua's fingers raised, quietly took two steps back, and disappeared into the darkness, Lu Hua had a slight smile on his face, looked up at the twinkling starry sky, and returned to the study unhurriedly for a while, and called the henchman to come in and order: "Send a message to the family, Huainan Road, this cup of soup is not allowed to come forward." The steward agreed, looked up at Lu Hua, and looked like he wanted to say something, Lu Hua turned his head to look at him, and explained in a very good mood: "We and the fifth master are partners, and the most important thing now is to let the fifth master see that our Lu family is the best partner she can find, and that's enough." The steward looked at Lu Hua in surprise and asked in a low voice, "Master values that •••••• so much"

"Well," Lu Hua sighed with emotion and said in a low voice: "Once upon a time, my grandfather said that there is a kind of person in the world, who is so wise and almost demonic, and there really is!" The steward blinked, and Lu Hua smiled and waved his hand: "Hurry up and send the message back, and also, the congratulatory gift of Second Master Wei's marriage, you can pick it up in person, you must be decent." The steward hurriedly agreed, stood and wrote a secret letter, showed it to Lu Hua, sealed it and sent it out. Lu Hua walked out of the study and went around the back garden before going back to rest.

But the next day, Wu Chengshan's death and details were sent to Li Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoqi looked at it with a sigh, Su Zicheng raised his eyebrows and looked at her with interest in his eyes, Li Xiaoqi handed it to Su Zicheng after reading it, Su Zicheng took it and glanced at it, put it on a few casually, looked at Li Xiaoqi and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Let the officials and people of Huainan Road know about this matter first, and find a suitable place outside the West Gate tomorrow morning, set up an altar, and the prince will go to Mr. Wu to offer incense."

"The right place? Whatever you want! Su Zicheng nodded first and agreed, and then asked with a smile, Li Xiaoqi looked at him, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "I have to find a place that is not in the way, there will be more people to worship in the future, and it is convenient to really set up an ancestral hall or something. Su Zicheng shook off the folding fan and laughed: "You have a good idea!" He killed someone, let's build a monument, this is a good idea! ”

Around the evening, Wu Chengshan's tragic death spread in the corner of Chuzhou City, this word started from Wu Chengshan's self-proof, all kinds of tragic circumstances are detailed and detailed, as for why Wu Chengshan committed suicide in front of General Qin, the original source of the rumor was not mentioned, but this did not affect the integrity of this matter at all, everyone consciously made up for the reason why Wu Chengshan self-proved, the reasons are varied, and the more bizarre it is.

Early the next morning, outside the West Gate set up a particular sacrificial shed, Su Zicheng and Li Xiaoqi dressed in plain clothes, with Dongping and the other small servants, riding horses through the city, to the sacrificial shed respectfully sacrificed, Zhao Hongzhi and the officials from Beiping went over in turn, Zhao Hongzhi also snot and tears read a sacrificial text burned, and then later, the small officials and servants in the Chuzhou Yamen cried high and low and went up to sacrifice, and the people who followed behind, there were a few bold, and took a few sticks of incense from the incense pile piled high on the long table next to them, Go in and kowtow to worship, the people who follow behind learn to behave, on this day, the flow of people to sacrifice is endless, the sacrificial tent is hung around the couplet, piled up with gold and paper money, the whole West Gate is as lively as a temple fair.

Wu Chengshan testified to himself that the tragic death spread very slowly in the direction of Beiping, and in the direction of Yangzhou, it spread all over Yangzhou like the wind, and then crossed Yangzhou and spread to Lugang, Runzhou and other places.

In the evening in Chuzhou, the construction site was quiet during the day, and the sacrificial shed outside the west gate was also quiet, Li Xiaoqi and Su Zicheng came down from the south city wall facing Yangzhou, and walked back slowly, while whispering: "•••••• Yangzhou, do you have a plan?" Li Xiaoqi looked at Su Zicheng and asked, Su Zicheng nodded with his hands behind his back: "Coupled with Wu Chengshan's matter, Yangzhou has been unstable recently, it's time, in a few days, it will be the beginning of June." Li Xiaoqi let out a soft 'um' sound, and slowly calculated the manpower in his hand and those messy things.

Back in the house for dinner, Su Zicheng pulled Li Xiaoqi into the next meeting room, instructed Nanning to send another five-headed lampstand in, and pulled Li Xiaoqi to the Huainan Road map where the whole wall was hung, and moved his fingers on the map a little bit and said with a smile: "Take Yangzhou again, this Huainan Road is in our hands, you see, go south to Qi and Jing, and go west to stab the hinterland of Wu." ”

"It is very convenient to connect to the sea to the west, and to transport grain and grass materials by sea, and it is also possible to transport troops." Li Xiaoqi pointed to the emptiness on the edge of the picture and smiled, Su Zicheng frowned, and couldn't help asking, "What else are you thinking about overseas, what island?!" Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at him, thought about it and said with a smile: "These are two different things, you see, most of the Qi and Jing sides are by the sea, if Beiping has enough naval combat power and transportation capacity, the land and sea are sandwiched between the two sides, and it is easy to take the two places, and the ships are different from the vehicles, you have not been to the harbor, the big sea ships are really like mountains, hundreds of people are at sea, and it is common not to rely on land for several months, if it is used to transport troops / food, you will know if you think about it." Su Zicheng frowned and didn't speak, Li Xiaoyi sighed softly, his fingers crossed the void, and said in a fluttering voice: "My business and this matter are two different things." Without waiting for Su Zicheng to speak, Li Xiaoqi laughed again, and sighed while laughing: "I know!" You don't want to knock down the Qi and Jing so quickly! Su Zicheng was stunned when he heard this, Li Xiaoqi said while laughing: "You just love this fight, this world is like this, if it is all fought in a few years, then who will you fight with in the future?" Which one is still levied and which one is taken? So this battle can't be fought so quickly, you have to slowly and carefully fight, fight a little this year, fight a little more next year, you have to calculate it well, you have to calculate it well, otherwise you don't have to fight until you are old, and it will be miserable! ”

Su Zicheng heard the strong ridicule in Li Xiaoyi's words, glanced at Li Xiaoqi and snorted: "Didn't you say that shopping malls are like battlefields? When the battle here is over, I'll accompany you to the mall to fight a few battles! I don't believe there's a big deal in this mall! Li Xiaoqi bent his eyes and smiled, and while laughing, he looked at Su Zicheng and shook his head, Su Zicheng suddenly seemed to remember something, his face gradually darkened, and he stared at Tuyu Yin with a face. Li Xiaoqi frowned, quietly took half a step back, bent his knees and smiled: "It's late, I'm tired for a day, I'm tired, so the prince should rest early." As he spoke, without waiting for Su Zicheng to answer, he took two steps back, turned around and went out.

According to the customs of Wu Di, the birthday of Cui Fujun on June 6 is a big day, from the first three or four days, the Cui Fujun Temple five or six miles outside the south gate of Chuzhou City is lively, and the hawkers and farmers in ten miles and eight townships do not seem to understand what is going on in the war, so they still drag trucks, push wheelbarrows, take their families and children, gather to give Cui Fujun a good kowtow, and burn a few pillars of incense, so as to bless the family with peace and security this year.

Su Zicheng ordered people to follow the usual practice in previous years, set up a high platform that grew to dozens of zhang in front of Cui Fujun Temple, and I don't know where Zhao Hongzhi found the acrobatic team, the juggling team, every day from the afternoon to the lively performance, really performed until the middle of the night, Su Zicheng took the generals of the Beiping Army, occupied a corner of the platform, every night a feast, shouting and shouting soldiers in the stands wrestled wrestling, drank until midnight, drunk until drunk before being carried into Chuzhou City.

The lively and noisy banquet was placed for two days, and the third day was the day before Cui Fujun's birthday, this day was lively earlier than the previous two days, around the wrestling platform, gathered more idlers to see the excitement, this piece of applause was in full swing, the acrobatics and juggling performances were in full swing, and there were stalls selling things in the middle, all kinds of food stalls, full of goods, walking up and clanging bells to make the bell of the merchants, the sound of selling, shouting sounded together, from the Cui Mansion Jun Temple to the south gate of Chuzhou Mansion between five or six miles, the lights were bright, It's very lively.

Li Xiaoqi didn't have the heart to join in this excitement, and knelt on the bed at night and recited the Buddha for a long time before lying on the bed and falling asleep.

Just after the next day's meal, Li Xiaoqi was sitting on the rocking chair under the porch, holding the book uneasily as if he was not reading, there was a sound of footsteps outside, Qingcheng ran in with a skirt and smiled: "Girl! Nanning is coming! Li Xiaoqi jumped up suddenly, the book fell to the ground, Li Xiaoqi raised his hand and pressed his forehead, exhaled gently, slowly bent down to pick up the book, and then straightened up, his breath had stabilized, and he waved his hand with a smile.

After a while, Nanning strode into the courtyard, followed by a sweaty black suit, carrying a Huwei army helmet in his hand, looking very heroic and neat soldiers, Li Xiaoqi looked at the soldiers who were grinning and striding in, only to feel a stream of heat rushing up from the bottom of his heart, straight to the nose, and his eyes were blurred.

The one who came in with Nanning was Li Zonggui.

Li Xiaoqi threw away the book in his hand, carried his skirt and rushed to Li Zonggui, Nanning jumped far away in fright, Li Zonggui was also startled by Li Xiaoqi, wanted to take it, held a helmet in his hand, and was at a loss for what to do, Li Xiaoqi rushed over and stretched out his hand to hang Li Zonggui's neck, leaned his face against his neck, let go of him and took half a step back, wrinkled his nose, fanned the wind with his hand and said in disgust: "Brother Guizi is still so sweaty!" Li Zonggui's eyes were wrong, and he looked at Li Xiaoqi and grinned: "Xiaoqi has grown taller, look, you have grown into a big girl, my brother almost didn't dare to recognize you!" Li Xiaoyi's eyes were blurred again, and he wanted to cry and laugh, but he couldn't speak, Nanning looked at Li Xiaoqi and smiled: "Girl, hurry up and enjoy the tea, I've been busy all night for a long time, and I'm thirsty." Li Xiaoqi hurriedly asked people to bring tea, snacks, water, and handkerchiefs, and hurriedly asked the two to sit down.